I hate to destroy your world view that your circle is representative of all people everywhere, but I've had clients pay for F on UA, and a few (mostly in Asia) have paid for me to fly F on UA.

I don't disagree that most will pay for Asian/Gulf and some European carriers for F over US carriers in F. I don't disagree that most pay for whatever airline best serves their route needs.

Yet there are many people flying F (and paying for it)...and more than you'd like to concede (apparently for you, no one) do pay for UA GF. I assume it's a stark minority, of course, but I also assume that a stark minority paying for UA GF is more than the even tinier minority paying for AA F. (Sorry, but UA has FAR more GF routes and equipment than AA F even now with its 772s, and UA will have even more comparatively once AA drops F from its 772s--no matter what UA is ordering for the future.)

You seem to believe that because you don't know anyone who pays for UA GF that it must be true that no one anywhere at any time pays for UA GF. I hate to break it to you but I know of at least a half dozen companies where their contract is with UA and their senior executives all fly UA GF. That may be a fraction of those paying for F in the world, I agree, but there are people out there paying for UA GF despite your desperate attempts to convince everyone (and yourself, it seems) that is not the case.

No one argues that UA and AA F are inferior to the F for many other carriers. But UA and AA F are still good solid products--and sometimes the schedule or availability mean sometimes the choice is between flying UA GF and a "better" airline in J. Sometimes, I won't even say most of the time, people given that choice will choose UA GF.

You hate UA, fair enough. Your comments clearly indicate your hatred. But your hatred colors your ability to fathom that everyone isn't like you and that everyone out there doesn't know you.